Eugene LOBATO; Zack Bernal; Gabrielita Adeline Espinosa; Edward Espinosa; Pete E. Espinosa, Jr.; Corpus Gallegos, by and through his conservator Yvette Gallegos; Gloria Gallegos; Rupert Gallegos; Raymond Garcia; Charlie Jacquez, Jr.; Adolph J. Lobato; Bonifacio "Bonnie" Lobato, by and through his conservator Teresa Lobato; Carlos Lobato; Emilio Lobato, Jr.; Jose F. Lobato; Presesentacion J. Lobato; Gloria Maestas; Norman Maestas; Robert "Bobby" Maestas; Raymond J. Maestas; Eugene Martinez; Mark Martinez; Agatha Medina; Gilbert "Andres" Montoya; Shirley Romero Otero; Eppie Quintana; Lucille Samelko; Arnold Valdez; Ervin L. Vigil; Larry J. Vigil; Michael J. Vigil; Billy Alire; Robert Atencio; Frances D. Berggran-Buhrles; Jose Fred Carson; Elmer Manuel Espinosa; Margurito Espinosa; Moises Gallegos; Ruben Gallegos; Richard J. Garcia; Manuel Gardunio; Ruben Herrara; Jeffrey Jacquez; Adelmo Kaber; Crucito Maes; Daniel Martinez; David Martinez; Jesse Martinez; Leonardo Martinez; Rosendo Martinez; Solestiano Martinez; Alfonso Medina; Gilbert Medina; Leandardo Medina; Loyola Medina; Marvin Medina; Orry Medina; Raymond N. Medina; Rudy Montoya; Gurtrude C. Olivas; Eppy Wayne Quintana; Robert Romero; Shirley Romero; Anthony Sanchez; Bonnie Sanchez; Eugene Sanchez; Evan Sanchez; James Sanchez; Jose G. Sanchez; Rufino Sanchez; S.R. Sanchez; Vernon Sanchez; Ronald A. Sandoval; Elesam Santistevan; Daniel Segura; Floyd R. Solan; Carolyn Taylor; Sam Valdez; Martha Vialpondo; Joe P. Vigil; and Walter Vigil, Petitioners,
v.
Zachary TAYLOR, as executor of the Estate of Jack T. Taylor, Jr., deceased; The Taylor Family Partnership; J. Hoy Anderson; Marvin Lavern Stohs; Edythe Kelly Stohs; Charles W. Gelderman; William F. Phinney; Harlan A. Brown; Dena F. Fuhrmann; Jimmy C. Crook; Freeland D. Crumley; Joseph P. Campisi; Hugh R. Denton; Robert Paul Resteli; Eugene J. Kafka; Avis M. Anderson; Clifford R. Jenson; Don W. Jacobs; Raymond E. Gauthier; Francis P. Heston; and Howard G. Frailey, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 28, 2003.
As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 16, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Brauer, Buescher, Goldhammer & Kelman, P.C., Jeffrey A. Goldstein, Littler Mendelson, P.C., William F. Schoeberlein, Robert Maes, David Martinez, Walters & Joyce, PC, Julia T. Waggener, Kelly, Haglund, Garnsey & Kahn, LLC, Norman D. Haglund, Don Hiller & Galleher, PC, Watson Galleher, Elisabeth Arenales, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioners.
Wolf & Slatkin, PC, Albert B. Wolf, Raymond P. Micklewright, Jonathan L. Madison, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.
Richard Garcia, Denver, Colorado, Peter L. Reich, Costa Mesa, California, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Bi-National Human Rights Commission, International Indian Treaty Council, National Chicano Human Rights Council, Comision De Derechos Humanos De Seminario Permanente De Estudios Chicanos Y De Fronteras.
Federico Cheever, Gorsuch Kirgis, LLP, Loretta P. Martinez, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Hispanic Bar Association.
David J. Stephenson, Jr., Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Rocky Mountain Human Rights Law Group.
David H. Miller, Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado.
Henry J. Feldman, Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Amicus Curiae National Lawyers Guild, Colorado Chapter.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
Chief Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.
Today's opinion is the third in a trilogy of decisions that we have issued construing some of the oldest property rights in the state. Involved are access rights to a large, mountainous tract of land in southern Costilla County, Colorado known as the Taylor Ranch.1 These property rights trace their origins to the time before Colorado's statehood when southern Colorado was still...
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